Cartersville Water-Works Co. v. Mayor of Cartersville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporation. Contract. Taxation. Estoppel. Injunction. Before Judge Maddox. Bartow 'county. At chambers, March 25, 1892. The petition of the Cartersville Water-Works Company against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Cartersville and the marshal of that city, prayed that they be enjoined from levying and collecting any city taxes from the plaintiff for the year 1891, or any other year for the first ten years after August 6, 1888. To the denial of the injunction…
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Municipal corporation. Contract. Taxation. Estoppel. Injunction. Before Judge Maddox. Bartow 'county. At chambers, March 25, 1892. The petition of the Cartersville Water-Works Company against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Cartersville and the marshal of that city, prayed that they be enjoined from levying and collecting any city taxes from the plaintiff for the year 1891, or any other year for the first ten years after August 6, 1888. To the denial of the injunction as prayed for, and .to the refusal to grant an' injunction on the terms proposed by the plaintiff’s counsel at the…
1Opinion of the Court
*690 Judgrruvnt affirmed.
The petition for injunction alleges that the undertak- ' ings on the part of the water company were complied with; that on or before the 25th of October, 1889, it delivered the drinking fountains fully completed, equipped and in constant flow, to the mayor, etc., who by resolution of that date accepted the water-works, hydrants and fountains as fully completed and delivered according to the terms of the contract; that the drinking fountains were duly erected at the places selected for them by the mayor, etc., and have been kept in constant and continual flow ever since;…
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